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addictive

Pronunciation: /əˈdɪktɪv/

The English word “addictive” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
  2. Enjoyable, so that one comes back for more.
  3. Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.

noun

  1. A drug that causes an addiction.
  2. Anything that is very habit-forming.

Etymology

First attested 1914. Addiction in modern sense is first attested 1906, in reference to opium. There is an isolated instance from 1779, with reference to tobacco.

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